Elisabeth Bik, Science Integrity Detective

Elisabeth Bik (principal at Harbers Bik LLC) got her PhD in Microbiology in the Netherlands, lives in the USA, and has worked as a staff scientist at Stanford University and in
industry. In May 2014, she founded Microbiome Digest, an almost daily
compilation of scientific papers in the rapidly growing microbiome field. She
can often be found on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/MicrobiomDigest">@MicrobiomDigest</a> or her blog <a href="https://scienceintegritydigest.com/" target="_blank">Science Integrity Digest</a>, where she might be discussing inappropriately duplicated or
manipulated photographic images and plagiarized text, and other cases of science misconduct in biomedical publications. She has reported over 4,000 papers on PubPeer.com and her work has resulted in over 600 retractions. 
 
She has published three peer-reviewed papers on
research misconduct:

<ul><li>mBio, 2016: <a href="https://mbio.asm.org/content/7/3/e00809-16">The Prevalence of Inappropriate Image Duplication
in Biomedical Research Publications</a></li><li>

MCB, 2018: <a href="https://mcb.asm.org/content/early/2018/07/18/MCB.00309-18">Analysis and Correction of
Inappropriate Image Duplication: the Molecular and Cellular Biology Experience</a></li><li>

SEE, 2018: <a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11948-018-0023-7">Testing Hypotheses on Risk
Factors for Scientific Misconduct via Matched-Control Analysis of Papers
Containing Problematic Image Duplications</a></li></ul>

Her work also has been featured in major science and news
outlets: <ul><li>BuzzFeedNews, 2021: <a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stephaniemlee/elisabeth-bik-didier-raoult-hydroxychloroquine-study">A Data Sleuth Challenged A Powerful COVID Scientist. Then He Came After Her </a>- Stephanie Lee</li><li>The New Yorker, 2021: <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/science/elements/how-a-sharp-eyed-scientist-became-biologys-image-detective">How a Sharp-eyed scientist became biology's image detective</a> - Ingfei Chen</li><li>The Guardian, 2021: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/may/22/world-expert-in-scientific-misconduct-faces-legal-action-for-challenging-integrity-of-hydroxychloroquine-study">World expert in scientific misconduct faces legal action for challenging integrity of hydroxychloroquine study</a> - Melissa Davey</li><li>Science, 2021: <a href="https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/05/scientists-rally-around-misconduct-consultant-facing-legal-threat-after-challenging">Scientists rally around misconduct consultant facing legal threat after challenging COVID-19 drug researcher</a> - Cathleen O'Grady</li><li>Nature, 2021: <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01430-z">Scientific image sleuth faces legal action for criticizing research papers</a> - Holly Else</li><li>BBC, 2020: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000kwg7">Science Fraud &amp; Bias, Immunity to COVID-19</a> [podcast with Adam Rutherford]</li><li>Nature, 2020: <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01363-z">Meet this super-spotter of duplicated images in science papers</a> - Helen Shen</li><li>The Scientist, 2019: <a href="https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/eye-for-manipulation--a-profile-of-elisabeth-bik-65839">Eye for Manipulation: A Profile of Elisabeth Bik</a></li><li>Washington Post, 2018: <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/more-science-than-you-think-is-retracted-even-more-should-be/2018/12/26/dc14fa98-0950-11e9-a3f0-71c95106d96a_story.html">More science than you think is retracted, even more should be</a></li><li>Science, 2018: <a href="https://science.sciencemag.org/content/359/6377/730.full">The data thugs</a></li><li>New York Times, 2017: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/08/science/cancer-carlo-croce.html">Years of Ethics Charges, but Star Cancer Researcher Gets a Pass</a></li><li>Le Monde, 2017: <a href="https://www.letemps.ch/sciences/labos-petits-arrangements-science">Dans les labos, des petits arrangements avec la science</a></li></ul>

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